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Alex Hanna

Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Alex Hanna is the Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of artificial intelligence. Hanna has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked on various projects related to AI, machine learning, and natural language processing. He is a prominent public intellectual, and has written for vari...

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Uber for Military Surveillance (with Niamh McIntyre), 2026.03.30Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Apr 16, 202653:44HostData Centers Go Nuclear (with Maia Woluchem and Dr. Livia Garofalo), 2026.03.09Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Mar 31, 202657:12HostThe AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We WantTalk of the Bay from KSQDMar 30, 202655:04GuestData Centers in Space!? (with Dr. Adam Becker), 2026.03.02Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Mar 17, 202653:38HostHow the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI (with Naomi Klein), 2026.02.09Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Feb 26, 202652:02HostA Bad Case of Hype-itis, 2026.02.02Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Feb 12, 202656:20HostHell All the Way Down, 2022–2025Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jan 30, 202640:34HostWrapping Up a Hellish 2025, 2025.12.15Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jan 13, 202658:29HostDefining AGI: Oops! All Eugenics, 2025.12.08Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Dec 30, 202555:01HostThis is What Algo-cracy Looks Like, 2025.12.01Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Dec 16, 202559:14HostYou Talked to Workers for This Labor Research... Right? (with Sophie Song), 2025.11.17Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Dec 2, 202553:14HostDrag It All To Hell, 2025.10.27Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Nov 18, 202556:44HostCrunching the Numbers (with Decca Muldowney), 2025.10.20Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Oct 30, 202556:20HostBuilding Worlds Through Better Reading (with Reo Eveleth), 2025.09.29Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Oct 14, 202556:59HostThree Years of Ridicule as Praxis, 2025.09.19Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Oct 1, 202555:42HostThe Robo-Therapist Will See You Now (with Maggie Harrison Dupré), 2025.08.18Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Sep 11, 202555:07HostWinning the Race to Hell (with Sarah Myers West and Kate Brennan), 2025.08.04Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Aug 26, 202557:51HostVibe Coding: Four Security Nightmares in a Trenchcoat (with Susanna Cox), 2025.07.21Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Aug 13, 202559:00HostEt Tu, American Federation of Teachers? (with Charles Logan), 2025.07.14Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jul 30, 20251:00:58HostWhy "AI" Is a Con: Our Book Launch! (with Vauhini Vara), 2025.05.08Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jul 7, 20251:16:52Host